Curriculum Connections

Language Arts | Math | Science | Social Studies

Language Arts

1. Write a letter to Toad. Instead of giving it to Snail, put a stamp on it and put it in the mail! Toad will send you an answer back in the mail. Did you know that people call this kind of mail "Snail Mail"? You may find your letter on the Student Showcase page.
2. Send an e-mail to Frog. He will answer you! And, you may even see your email on the Student Showcase page.
3. Write some stories about Frog and Toad Are Friends. Here are some story starters you might want to write about. Perhaps your teacher will send them along to the Student Showcase page.
• Which Frog and Toad story is your favorite? Why?
• Frog and Toad are really good friends to each other. What things in the stories show you that they are very good friends?
• Tell about someone who has been a really good friend to you. What nice thing did your friend do for you?
• Do you think that Frog and Toad Are Friends is a funny book? What things in the book were funny?
4. Perform some readers theater plays. Plays and puppet patterns are in the project binder.
5. Write your own readers theater play from one of the stories in Frog and Toad are friends.
6. Compare Frog and Toad. How are the characters alike? How are the characters different? Use a Venn Diagram to show your answers. (You will find one in the project folder.)
7. Work on Frog and Toad Figurative Language. We can add any your contribute to the project web page. Send in similes like - "He sounds like he has a frog in his throat." Or, send in puns like - "She is toadally awesome!" Perhaps your teacher will send some in for the Student Showcase page.
8. Meet Arnold Lobel on the web by visiting these sites: Meet Arnold Lobel, Arnold Lobel and Arnold Lobel 3rd Grade Project.

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Math

1. Sort the buttons into different attribute groups. (Size, color, shape, number of holes.)
2. Make patterns using the buttons. Have other children figure out which button would come next in the pattern.
3. Using 3 button rubber stamps and 2 colored stamp pads, figure out how many possible combinations can be made. Strategy - Make a List.
4. Make up problems about Frog and Toad for other people to solve. Send you problem to the web page. It may be put on for the world to solve! Perhaps your teacher will send yours along to put on the Student Showcase page. Here is one to get you started:

   1. It took Snail 4 days to deliver the letter Frog wrote to Toad's house. How long would it take for Snail to deliver the letter and get back to the spot where he met Frog?

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Science

1. Read about real frogs and toads. There are some internet sites that will give you information. Use Leveled Reader #17 (Frog or Toad?) and the books that come with the project. Make a list of interesting facts about frogs and toads. You can send them to the web page to be added to our list.
2. Compare real frogs and toads. You can use the Venn Diagram in the project folder.
3. Do an on-line activity to investigate the differences between Frogs and Toads at Frog or Toad?
4. Learn about the life cycle of frogs. Make a book of how a tadpole changes into frog. (You can find a pattern in the project folder.) Visit EnchantedLearning.com to find on-line activities to do.
5. Learn about other animals that are in the group AMPIBIANS along with frogs and toads. Make a picture book of different kinds of amphibians. (Have a grown-up help you find pictures on the internet by going ot the Frog and Toad Links page.)

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Social Studies

Using a United States map, find the states of all our participating classes.

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If you would like to send anything to the Frog and Toad Internet Project Web Page, Just click on the mailbox and you will be ready to go. Did you know that "e-mail" means "electronic mail"?

Click on the toad to go to jump back to the Frog and Toad home page.